Proverbs 5:1
Beni (my son), attend unto my chochmah, 1 and bow thine ozen to my tevunah (understanding); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye banim, the musar (instruction, discipline) of an av, 1 and attend to know binah (understanding). 1
Proverbs 6:20Beni (my son), keep the mitzvat Avicha, 1 and forsake not the torat Immecha; 1
Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ozen, and hear the devarim of chachamim, 1 and apply thine lev (mind, heart) unto my da'as. 1
Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
Revelation 2:7The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot; To the one who wins the nitzachon (victory) I will give to him to eat of the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Life), which is in the Gan-Eden of Hashem. + 2:7 Gn 2:9; 3:22,24 ; also Gn 2:8; Ezek 28:1; 31:8,9 TARGUM HA-SHIVIM
Revelation 2:17The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot. To the one who wins the nitzachon (victory), I will give him some of the Manna having been nistar (hidden), and I will give him an even levanah (a white stone) and upon it a Shem Chadash (New Name), of which no one has da'as, except the one receiving it. + 2:17 Ps 78:24; Isa 62:2; 65:15; 56:5
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. ii . To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general, ver. 2 . II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom, ver. 3-14 . III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love, ver. 15-20 . 2. A regard to God's omniscience, ver. 21 . 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people, ver. 22, 23 .… Read the whole commentary →